Steering apparatus



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H16' ATT March 30 1926.

L.C.BAYLE$ STEERING APPARATUS Filed Npv. 3, 1925 March 30,1926, 1,579,063

L.C;BAYLES STEERING APPARATUS Filed 4N-Qv'. 5, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 5 JNVENTOR.

To fall whom it may cof/wem: i

Patented Mar. 30, 1926.

i UNITED-STATES PATENr`- oFrlCE' LEWIS c. Banus, 0F EASTON, rENNsYnvANIav `AssreNou To INGERsoEn-RANn com r1 YANY, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW` JERSEY, A lConroaafrlolv or NEW JERSEY'.

STEERINQ'APPARATS. i

Application med November 3, 1925. seriai Nofieasii.

.l Be itknownithatlglLEWIs C. -BAv'LEs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and aI resident of Easton, in the`c0unty ,of Northamptonlv and State 'otlPennsylvanim have invented a certain SteeringA Apparatus, of which the following isa specificationv accompanied by drawings. i

.This invention relates to steering appara--v tus,"and although the features Yof the invention are capablejof general applicationthey possess special advantages when applied to the steering apparatus of boats or ships.

, The objects of the inventOn are to render steering apparatus of boats easily operrdolel and controllable; to enable the rudderto be operated by motive fluid ,by relatively inexpensive apparatus; andl to, enable, the helmsman toooutrol the rudder sothat it will. assume any desired predetermined position. The invention willbe more clearly under stood. byreference to the'following description' taken inaconjunotion with. the dra-Wing vvhich includes, p u .Y v

Figure l, aperspective v iew of a steering apparatus constructed in accordance lwith ftheip'ractice of the invention, the view ber ing partly yin longitudinalV section ,to show the interior construction of the parts,

Figure. 2, a ,section of :the v throttle valve taken along the line .2#-2 of Figure llook-ing finthetdirection of the arrows,

Figure :3, a vertical cross section ofthe Huid actuatedmotory for operatingy the rud- Figure 4, a crossy section of Athe, ,throttle taken along the line of Figure 3 lool:- ingin the direction ofthe arrows, e l ,Figure 5, .af view partlydiagrammatic and a cross section through the throttle f valvesiniilar to Figure 2 toillustrate the adapted to be swung or inclined'in onedirec tion or the otherby means of drumv Bgp'roff vided with apair'vof ropes `C and D passing" ,over guiding ypulleys E land attached to cross arm vIlrlgidly mounted on` the rudder A. The drum Bis suitably keyed orifother;

Wise attaQhed to a shaft G supported by suitvable'bearingstandards Hand maybe manurotatedaby a steering Wheel J fixed y .to l oneen'd of the shaft Gef The bearing'stadi ards are "mounted `on the deck ,K5 `andthe ropes C and D pass through-the deck tothe cross Aarno F.' Such an apparatusis diiiicult ated .motor L. driving ashaft() through rspiral gearsl and Q. A pulley R on the shaft()v drives a belt S Vpassing 'overapulley T ,preferably larger thanrthe pulley Rand mounted yon thejdrum, Bg 1'; Asshownfi'n Figure 3 the motorjL maybe of the geaLQtype I andis reversibleso that the drum B may be driven in either directionv correspondingly swinging'the rud'dGrA toeither'side." f

The construction: olf the motor L A and its Leont-rollingfthrottle valve isshoWn i'nfdetail in Figures 2, 3 land 4i. IThe motor coniprises'fa pairot mutually engaging gears U andwV adaptedto rotate in an elongated chamber VST having semi-cylindrical end faces Xqandv Y providing arelatively close fitting surfacefor the e'ndsofthe teethof:

, steering equipmentof the typeusually'feund on smaller boats .andships j A` rudder ,Ais i the gears U and V to? slideon. Exhaust portsfor the motivefluid supplied to actuate the gears U and V. escapes through end' assages Z and'rbtoat-mosphere.' Motive u id for actuating the gears' U andV .is supplied through one of a pairy of passages c and (i depending upon the direction Vin Whichv itiis desired to rotate/the' gears U and V.` The gear V is in this instance theidrivinggear andiv is provided with a shaftfu'p'on which the spiral gear vv P is vmounted'. It is un ion derstoodthat when the passagemc isfproavided with motive fluid fordrivingthe gears VU yand V'the passage v ai is disconnectedffromg ,the Supply of. motiv/@fluid arid Veeversai A throttlefvalve yfor 'controlling `the supv ply zof fmotivejiluid; to either the` passage 'c f "orthe .passage df c'oiriprss, the. mtaiyplug 11.0

valve f provided with a relatively long shank g extending upwardly from the motor to a convenient position to be turned by the operator and is provided at the en'd of the shank g with a manually opera-ble handle it. A sleeve j is also provided and is adapted to cooperate with the valve in Control-ling the supply of' motive fluid to the motor L.

^ The sleeve 7' is rotatable Within the outer cas passage c and likewise the passage g' is oo n-` stantl'y connected with the' passageja. Assuming that the rotary sleevey' remainssta-V tionary .and in its straight forward position as shown in Figure 2 a turning of the throttlevalve f to the left permits motive fluid to enter from the supply pipe 0 tlirougha Areduced vportion w on the periphery of the sleeve through a port m into the interior of the sleeve, through a reduced portion g/ on the peripheryof the throttle valve f and a port e to the passage p, and vthence to the passage 0 to actuate the gears U and V. This causes rotation ofthe drum B and a swinging of the rudder Ato the left which it will be noted is the direction in which the handle t is turned. Likewise a'turning Y of the handle 7L to the right causesmotive fluidto enter the reduced portion 2 andV through a port 3 to the passages' Q and d,

causing rotation of the gears U and V inV a direction opposite to that before described, and turns the drum Bin a direction causing the rudder to swing to the right, which it will be-A noted is the direction in which the handlelL has in this casebeen turned.

Means are provided to stop themotor L, land consequently the swinging of the rudder A at any predetermined or desired position Without manipulation of thevhandle 72, be-

y yond a first setting thereof. To this end the sleeveV j isrotated in accordance with the movement of the rudder A andby means of a sprocket 4 driving a length of chain attached at `its ends to llexible cords t'w'hich in turn are' attached to a length of chain 7 passing over' a sprocket 8 suitably mounted on the end'of the rotatable sleeve y' as by means of a key 9.

Thus whenthe rudder A swings. in either` Y direction as'the case may be by being actue atedby thedrumB the sprocket llthrough its above described connections rotates the sprocket` borne by theV sleeve j` so that the sleeve j follows the movement of the rudder A. The motor L therefore continues to run until the port ofthe sleeve j is cut ou' or moved out of communication with the re duced portions-y or 2' depending uponl the direction of swinging of the rudder A.

This operation is more clearly illustrated in' Figures 5, 6 and. In Figure 5 the handle 71, is in the position corresponding to the straight forward position of the rudder A. Assuming that it is desired to turn Vthe rudder A to the left as for instance approXimately 45 the handle 71, is turned that amount toward the left' which opens the throttle valve permitting the supply of ino-V tive fluid from the pipe 0 through thev port m in the sleeve j into the reduced portion y. of the throttle valve f and thencel into the passage gnwhereupon the motive fluid causes the motor L tooperate turning the druin B and swinging the rudder A to the left. The'r motor L continues/to operate until the turning of the drum B and thesvvinging of the rudder A, through the connections associf ated with the sprockets tV and 8, turn the sleeve to the position shownfinFigure 7 at which the port m is closed by the valve f. In this position the rudderA is substantially parallel to the handle 7i. It is assumed that in this case the proportions of the cross arm F to the diameter of' the drum B Will pro Vduce theV requisite turning of the sleeve to cause the handle h" and the rudder A to assume parallel "positions, Inl any case a given degree of turning of the handle will resultin aproportionate movement of the rudder A. Itis not necessary 'that Athe relative displacement of the two bel the same. To prevent the leakage of motive-fluid along the shank g'of the throttle'valve 165 a stuffing gland` 10is provided.Y about. the shank g in thefendof thesleeve j# Iclaim: "A, Y

1. .Steering apparatus comprising' asteer` ing element, a fluid actuated motorfforjoperating said steering element, a throttle valve for said lfluid actuated motor including a manually rotatable control valve,a casing, and a sleeve interposed between. saidcasingand said manually` rotatable valve adapted to be automatically rotated by the steering element to close said valve.

.2. A steering apparatus comprising a steering element, a iuid actuated motor for operating said steering element, la throttle valve for said fluid actuated motor including a manually rotatable control valve, .a casing' for said valve, and means movable independently of the valve and automaticalv ly operable-*by the steering element to cut.

off the'supply otmotive fluidl to saidvalve. 3. steering apparatus comprising a steering element, a fluid actuatedmotor for operatingvsaid steering element. a throttle valve for said Huid actuated motor including a manually rotatable control valve, 'a stationary casing for said valve and a sleeve ported to cooperate with said Valve and automatically operable by the steering element toeut oil' the supply o motive Huid to said 5 valve.

4. A Steering apparatus comprising a steermg element, a luld actuated motor for `operating said steering element, a throttle.

valve for said fluid actuated motor ineludtatable sleeve ported to cooperate Witl1 said valve and automatically operable by the steering element to eut 0H the supply of motive fluid to'sad valve.

In testimony whereof I speccaton.

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